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[jstclair@omsd.cerf.fred.org]

I'm posting a message about real sea turtles, just in case some of you
"turtlers" might want to involve your students in some "live" turtle
studies.
-John
--Message below re-posted by <jstclair@omsd.cerf.fred.org>
Date - Tue, 18 Nov 1997 21:32:05 -0800
>From - stsl@cccturtle.org
To - k12opps
Subject - K12OPPS> Free Educational Materials & Watching Sea Turtles Race on Internet
And they're off...Heading around the tip of Florida, it's Marjorie in the
lead by a flipper, but Flo-Jo is closing in quick with a burst of speed that
propels her past Miami Beach. Off the coast of Mexico's Baja Peninsula,
Xavier is racing past an oncoming storm, meanwhile in the Gulf, Jason just
made a break out of Tampa Bay.

Though these threatened and endangered sea turtles from different parts of
the world are not actually racing against each other, they do have one thing
in common. Each of them has been fitted with a satellite transmitter
allowing researchers to monitor their ongoing migrations from space. As part
of the Sea Turtle Surivival League's (STSL) free education program, anyone
with access to the Internet can log on to the web site that displays
regularly updated maps showing each of the turtle's movements.

As the sea turtles migrate to unknown destinations, the STSL invites
teachers, students and others to watch the "race" unfold. In the process,
the STSL hopes through the background information available on its web site
and through a free Educator's Guide mailed to teachers upon request, that
people will learn about the many threats sea turtles face and want to get
involved.

Five endangered female green turtles were tagged after nesting in the Archie
Carr National Wildlife Refuge on Florida's east coast. Two female turtles
from the Pacific coast of Mexico and a male loggerhead from Tampa Bay,
Florida are also being tracked.  In additon, two juvenile loggerheads being
tracked off the coast of Texas will be added by the end of the year.

Female turtles typically migrate back to their primary feeding grounds,
perhaps thousands of miles away, after nesting. The turtles generally remain
there for two or three years until returning to the beach where they were
hatched to nest for themselves. Less is known about male turtle migrations,
such as those being tracked near Tampa and Texas, but scientists are hopeful
their tracking experiments will help answer numerous questions about their
migratory habits.

To help integrate this innovative program into the classroom, the STSL will
send teachers a free 40-page Educator's Guide, which includes handouts,
student activities and directions for accessing the migration maps on the
STSL's web page. Besides the migration maps, the STSL's web page (located at
http://www.cccturtle.org) contains a wealth of information about sea
turtles, a bulletin board to post questions and answers, a gift catalog and
a registration form for the Educator's Guide. And everyone can take the
important and meaningful step of "adopting" one of these satellite-tagged
turtle with a $25 donation to help raise funds to support the STSL's many
conservation projects.

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